How do you find out if busking is legal where you live, I asked. My friend had not heard the word “busking” before. “Ah, you mean street performers,” was the response.

How interesting a development for Buskers in British Columbia with the coming Olympics. The recent discussion is to increase payment the transportation line pays SOCAN so buskers can perform in the stations. But the buskers pay a fee — $50 or $75 to be able to busk.